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"Medicine Not a Science," but "an Ineffectual
Speculation." These and Other Unsparing Crit
icisms of Their Own Profession Are Made by
Eminent Physicians Seattle Doctor Tells Why
Drugs Don't Cure. Electricity the Remedy of
Today.
- "Compared . with Electro-Vigor, . all other electric
body appliance are Invention . of , th blacksmith'
hammer. , - , ; ,
"It la not upon that point however, that my auc
teit hu beta founded.' Mr Immense bulns 1
due to my knowledge of the effect of electricity
upon the ailment treated, and the beat way to ob
tain that effect. I' treat every esse that come to
me as an Individual, and direct the -application of
my appliance to ault the demanda of , each particu
lar case. When you consider that electricity which
I supply 1 Jlfe to the organs into which I send it,
?ou can see how I ret my results. - My. success 1
he result of tny cures. ' -If . , - - , , .
I did not cure, my business . . ; . : 1 . . v ' , .
would have .worn , out Ions' 5
ago j
"When ... t say , that my ;
remedy cures, l don't ask you
to believe me until I .prove
it I have one or more cured
patient In nearly -every town
on the map. I'll send you the '
name of those near you, and f.
?ou can ask them about my
reatment" .' . '. t
Mr." Harry Bates, 754 ' First -v
Street. Portland, Or- aays:
"Tour treatment ha, cured'
me of rheumatism and I am -feeling
like a new man. Iv
certainly consider Electro-Vlg- '
or a good Investment, and
thank you for your-interest in
my case.
True poieonsi . . founaed upon eon-
"The Science of medicine declares one of
and Surgeon. nhvlclan' are deelar-
tcS SSrSr " utt1'
SSff rA$&?S8&X tturn-taken
venTWmbf
men and women sent "jKJ j$ five hundred
surgeons wanted the fee of nrt u abBO
dollars. I "2'u" .d the surgeons mad no
lonir abUylno Von WM
. performed." '.".... . , . - .,-.'
jrnrxTT s cist ho amstoxcxtxs.
elared at . the ' Bt0" WV" he operated for appen
S'JL'ed'nlt to be lhat dlseSSe at alL
THE CONVICTION OF
EXPERIENCE
aa ' m conscientious conviction,
rtokSta'ata &iortaUty th ow preU
James fttawst Jt p-t vi'-" '
. ' ..it - 'anA Tils friend that
-we-always Kv 7 7i .M T -the
operation was successful." ! ' , ...,
A reat French doctor aald: "N"' ,H'S--with
a disease: a blind man armed with a club
that la the phyilclan comes, lift hi club and
itrike. at random; If he hits -the dtaease
"t; If he hit the patient he kills lm. ,s ., ...
Dumoulin. another famou French 5; '!
as he wa dylngr: "I leave behind m two famoua
physician s regimen and river water.., ;
A. physician writing recently in one pf the mag
ulnei. sld that the practice of medicine wa not
a science at all. and that no one could say that
sny cure had been mad by medicine, because nature
worked Its own cure. There,, we grea t power. In
the human body to throw off disease, and In the
.rVJorlty of cases where the patient recovered it
wa not because of the medicine klven, but in aplte v
of it ' , t. '
. "The career of medicine down the channel of tne
see baa been vexed by a consUnt ebb and flow ot
contrary oplnlona," asserted this physician. Hj
tory how how many infallible remedie for ai
i ease have been vaunted and forgotten." . i .
There 'was a time, not long ago, either, when
bleeding was the sovereign cur for all diseases. In
those day the physician bled the patient, no mat
ter what the ailment. How many thousand were ;
killed by- the doctors in those day we can not even
conjecture, any more than we can guess how many
are being killed now by wrong and mistaken treat
ment The medical fraternity has had many Tad
and fashions. At different times In the past great ;
faith has been put In witchcraft, charms, amulets,
astrology, necromancy, alchemy, magic, mesmerism,
hydropathy and other fads. There was a time when
. It was thought by doctors that all aliments of the
brain were caused by vapors collected within the
skull and pressing upon the brain. The cure was
to lay open the scalp and drill a hole through the
skull to let the-vapors out. Where Is the physician .
who would do that -now? . Tet our own fad of
opening a person'a bowels, and cutting of f the p.
pendlx may ba Just as foolish.
' Thre wa a time, only a few hundred yeara
ago," continues thl writer, "when fever was treated
with music; when human- bones were ground up
and drunk for the cure of ulcers; when human
blood was prescribed for epilepsy. Aqua Dlvlna, a
remedy advertised as having great virtue, wa
made by cutting In piece the body of a healthy
MEDICINES ARE POISONOUS
- Zn their seal to do good, physicians have don
much harm! they have harried to the grave many
who would have recovered If left to a store. AU
our curative agent are poisonous, an " as a oon
seqnenoe every dose diminishes the patient's vi
tality. Xr. Alonso Clark, professor la the Xtw
Tork College ot Physician and Surgeon.
man who ha" died a violent death and distilling It
with ground human bones. Jt was given as a
draft."..-1- . I ------- ;-.
This writer urge the- tf edlcal fraternity to drop
the nonsensical mystery with which It seeks to
surround Itself. Rhubarb will do as much good '
when ordered Jn English as in dog- Latin, he says. ,
Fenna will not be a bit more agreeable, as "Fol,
Pen. " nor erpam of tartar as "Bitar, Pot"; A mix--lure
to be taken at bedtime might Just as well ba
written that way as "Mlxt h. a. Sumda,". And pure
tvater would be equally as efficacious If written
that way as when written. "Aqua Pura." .. t
, ioob3 wrscwirttoar voxtavtmst '
This nonsense. about 'the writing of prescrip-'
tlons is on a' line with all the other frauds of the
r.ellcal profession," aaya thl writer; "It i
business j. of protcnslons, misrepresentation an4 -frauds,
. - ,' . -:
K-en such a hlsrh authority as the London Lancet
Said in a recent issue:!
' In medicine ni surgery, as In all arts and
rlcnce, methods become general, they laps Into
disuse, to be revived possibly at a later period and
then to achieve a popularity which attache to a
urposed new thing'
eiome or tne most eminent pnysician were mabu
recently to give their opinions of medicine and
medical doctor. A-few of the-replies are here
. - given: , .-.
tr. C. J3. Page, Boston, Mass. : . -
"From the time In which the Father of His Coun
try, affected by a simple and readily curable mal
' ady. pharyngitis, waa killed by bleeding, up to the
most recent catastrophe (February 8, 1907) of a
, needless operation for appendicitis, which ; killed a ;
distinguished New Tork statesman, such operation
. have killed no end of good men end women."-
Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was . for many
years one of the medical faculty of Harvard Medi
cal School, said befote his class:
v.,.-"The disgrace of medicine Is that colossal sy-
tern of self-deception In obedience to which mine
have been emptied - ef their cankering minerals,
the vegetable kingdom robbed of all Its .growth,
the entrails of animals taxed for their Impuritle,
the poison bags of ..reptiles drained of their venom,
and all the conceivable abominations thua obtained'
thrust down the throat of individuals suffering
"'om " some fault of organisation, nourishment or
vital stimulation."
' ' ,FTf- Valentine Mott. the great surgeon, say;
Of .all science, medicine I the most uncertain."
Dr. Abercromble, Fellow, of the Royal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh, says: "Medicine has been
called by philosophers the art of conjecturing: the
science of guessing." " '
,,Dr. Jacob Blgelow formerly president of the
Massachusetts Medical Society, say: "The prema
turo death of medical men bring with it the hu
miliating conclusion that medicine is still an in
effectual speculation,"
Prof. Gregory of the Edinburgh Medical College
said to hla medical class: "Gentlemen, 99 out of
every 100 medical facts are medical lies, and medi
cal doctrines are. tor the most part, stark, staring
- nonsense." - . .
. Dr. Albert Leffingwell of the American Humane
Association says-- "I do not believe that the aver
age length of human life would be diminished by'
an hour If all the drug of Christendom were
. dumpea Into the ea barring, perhaps, half a
dozen."
. SATS &ST7Q8 MTJ8T GO
- Dr. Samuel Hall of Seattle, the man who proved
-. that he waa five years ahead of Prof. Loeb In dis
covering that "electricity 1 life," say that the
. present system of drugging must bo abolished.
Dr. Hall is the inventor of the most successful
device for electrifying the human body. His 1 ex
. perlence has been broad, covering a period of 22
: - years.' ; - -,.
Dr. Hall is Recognized a one .of the leading
authorities on electrical treatment and thousand
of cured patients attest the success of his remedy.
Talking to a reporter yesterday. Dr. Hall aald:
V -"The old school doctor has had his day. His
methods belong to the mystery and superstition of
the dark ages. . .
- The -physicians of today are, doing Just what
the doctors of a thousand "year ago d!d--do8ing
Sick snd suffering humanity with poisons,
. "Any man who thinks for himself knows that
poisons can not build up health. They . will give '
temporary relief by stupefying the nerves, but
.they don't remove the cause of disease. As long
a the cause remains no cure can be effected.
" "If you had a real fine watch and some part of
;lts mechanism broke would you try to mend It by
filling it with oil. No. you would take It to the
' beet watch makeryou knew and have him And the
.. came of tho trouble and repair it.
. "Tour Aody Is a far more delicate mechanism
than any watch. It Is the most complicated ma
chine on earth, yet when some vital part breaks
. - down or falls to work properly, you try to make
It go by doping yourself with poisonous drugs.
. "AH of your vita! organs, Including the heart,
stomach, liver and kidneys, are run by a power
. called nerve force. Any doctor will admit that.
, THE BEST DOCTOR
Ho doctor can sure an diseases. That's all
"moonshine." They are "pretenders."
.. If you oaat cur a man, tell him -so.
Physloiaas use too many drugs.
- X believe that the best doctor 1 th one who
knows the worthlessuess of mediolnes. Sr. Wn.
Osier, In an address to physicians.
Nerve force Is Just another name for electricity,
'When any of these organs break, down or become
Inactive, sickness or disease result. Now, you can't
cur the trouble until you remove the cause repair
the part that is broken down; -5 The only way to do
this Is to give nature the power to do It All you
need - Is motive power, electricity. Tou can't get
that from drugs. My method Is to restore this
electricity wherever lacking, and pain and disease
will disappear. That's the natural way of curing..
-"Suppose, you have stomach trouble; food doesYi't
digest; gases arise when the food, ferments, causing
severe pains. You go to a doctor who gives you a
drug to stop the pain, but does jiot remove the
cause.. Every time you' eat the -pain returns and
you have to take th drug again, . .
"New, what's the reason the stomach won't digest
the food? Simply because it hasn't the strength.
It needs energy, nerve power, vitalitynot drug
which stimulate for a day and "Weaken the nerves.
"The world's greatest scientists have proven that '
the force which run the human machine, tlto
power that builds vitality and strength Is electric
ity. Then, the only way to restore a weak organ
to a healthy condition is to ' restore electricity
where it Is needed. I do this with Electro Vigor.
"Electro-Vigor U a generator of a powerful but "
soothing current ' of electricity, rworn about your
body M-hlle you sleep. It sends a steady, unbroken
.atreanvof electric life coursing through your nerves
and vitals for hours at a time. - -
"Its touch is gentle, without sting or burn. There -Is
no shock; all you feel ia a glowing warmth.
THE PBODTJCT op sxpxBzzarcrs 1
"t have devoted twenty years to the perfection
of my appliance. I have removed defects as fast
as they appeared In actual use, and have supplied
new features from time -to time, so that Klectro
Vlgor is In a class by Itself. ,
V-Klpctro-Vigor makes its own power, therefore
It require no charging. -It Is equipped with special"
dry colls which are longer lived, smaller and more
powerful than any other dry battery. -
"The current can be regulated to any desired
strength by .the pressure of a finger upon th
rheoatat, , -:. v---
l l 5 J
Mr. H. F. Brunk, 75 Sandy
Pt, Portland, Or., says:
"My health ha improved
very much under the use of
Electro-Vigor. , The backache
and diarrhoea are cured and X
am feeling better generally,
than I have for years past.
'T am an old resident of
Portland, having lived- here
about 20 years, and . will ba
glad to vouch for your treat
ment at any time." v
Mr. C. A. Miller, Beulah.
Or., writes:
"I am glad to tell you that
your treatment is excellent It
has cured my back and kid
ney trouble after drug and
other remedies failed."
Mr. F. Landwehr, Milwaukle,
Or., says:
'I am feeling fine, growing
tronger every day and am
no longer troubled with back
ache. All this is due to th
work of Electro-Vigor."
Or" wrntZ: Br0wA
1 ""tienced th use
1 """"red from rheuma
tism in my knees and should
ers that made
life a burden to
me. There is not
sign of the
trouble now, and
rest assured that
I shall be glad
to recommend
your treatment"
Mr. B. Prescott. Durkee, Baker County.. Or ay:
"I have used Electro-Vigor about 40 days and am
well pleased with Its work. I have eeased taking
medicine entirely, hav gained In weight and feel
like a new man.
vr a. m. Bovne, Meaoham, Or- write :, .
"I feel 100 per cent better sinca ulng Electro
Vigor. I have no more rheumatlem, .no headache -or
stomach trouble. I cannot give your treatment
too much praise for having saved, m from a. gen- .,
eral collapse." . . -.v i
r-Mr. Wm. Harvey, 71 N. 8th t.'SeatOe, . Wash,
says: ' :j ....'..v
"My wife usedyour Electro-Vigor with very little
faith In the beginning, but Is : very : much pleased"
with results so far. The rheumatism Is gone and -the
stomach trouble and constipation Is better. , W"
consider your appliance a wonderful remedy for .
suck oomplatnts.', i - a - : - ..
' Mr. Wm. Moohn, General Delivery, Seattle, "Wash.,
writes: . . -:
"Tour Electro-Vigor ha dons ' wonders for me.'
I waa overweight witn muscles soft and flabby, hut
I notice that I have lost a great deal of -this W-
perilous flesh and my body is . better proportioned
than formerly. I also had a prostatic trouble- but
am. recovering from that annoying condition. ;It ls :
a pleasure to realise these results after having
tried so many other treatments In vain."
Mrs. Charlotte Stokes, Colby, Waali., writesr.f .
"I am a different i woman ' to what I was A -few
months ago, suffering from eerlou organic and
1 nerve trouble, and especially - from the effects of. a .
weak and sluggish circulation. Electro-Vigor - has
cured me and Tarn anxious to bring knowledge, of
Its value to others." y :,'.:;-, 7 .'-.;;''' . ; .
- "I know that many people- are skeptical about"
testimonials, and they have a reason to ba Quacks
and patent medicine makers have fooled the public ?.
so often by printing bogus letters that It 1 hard
to believe any. Every testimonial I publish ' I,
genuine, and I have a standing reward of f 1,000
for proof that any of them were bought ,j
DOST TBT. TO TOOli VATTJBB .
"Few people realize the , danger In drugs ; until
their health Is gone or their nerves and vitals
wrecked by poisonous mixtures. -
"Then you can understand how useless It 1 to
try to fool nature with stimulant, narcotics and -..poisons.
:.:.;'- :' - "
"The ostrich hides Its head and thinks h 1 out
of reach of the hunter's rifle. Some people , do
things Just as absurd. . '.y';i V ' " . -
"Tou cover up the symptom of a disease 1 and
'imagine you are ured. Just as soon ; as tou stopr
using the drug the trouble returns worse than ersr.
"Tou have -got to remove the' cause . before you -can
cure any ailment .',.:: -.-l:1 :
'"If you have a splinter in your finger the 'only-,
way to get rid of the pain and inflammation . Is to
get the splinter out. Of course, you could take '
morphine or cocaine" and relieve the pain for a '
i while, but that wouldn't remove the splinter which -'
cause it v -' "-f-i . ' f ; -X
"The reason for nearly every chronlo ailment or""
disease is a want of vitality and energy by some
part of your body machinery, i - . f , .
"A' man came to me for treatment a few weeks'
ago who had taken five bottles of poisonous drugs. .
He got the stuff from a doctor, for the cure of
chronic kidney trouble and rheumatism. '
"Of course, the patient did not know the nature
of the medicine he had been using until I analysed
the contents of one of the bottles. The mixture,'
contained morphine, potash and alcohol In 1 large t"'
quantitiesv He then, realized why he had becomo '
nervous, debilitated - and weak, why his stomach
went back on him and his food wouldn't digest.1 He
' realized also- that if he had continued the use of J
these poisons much longer he would have become "
a drug slave. Just a thousands of others have who
went, to doctor tor relief. -, , . r .; . ,. t
'That's the way all drugs work. They will stop
a pain by putting a brake on your-heart action,-but
the pain, comes back in a few hours and you have :'.
to repeat the dose. The trouble Is there and. will -remain
there until the cause Is removed, i - '
' - Terrible Indictment of Medicin!Mi'
'The effects "prour medicines on the human system are in ! the highest degree iin-;
certain except, indeed, that they have destroyed more lives than war, pestilence and
famine combined. John Mason Goode, M.D., S. v : ' v 1 . ,
"Now this man took up my treatment and began
applying ' Electro-Vigor -every night In three
weeks every paln-and ache -had left his body, and
in another three ; weeks he reported himself cure4
. of the-kidney trouble, which had bothered him fof
-...years... ,..':v f .' '
, "How " did Electro-Vlltorsfio this? Blmply by re
moving the cause and giving, nature the power to
cure. .The Theumatism was caused by the kidney
; trouble, and the reason for the kidney trouble was -'
lack of strength end Vitality in those organa. .
..' "Electricity, which is .vitality, was all that wa '
needed. With that force .restored, , the life and
. activity of the kidneys was renewed, enabling them',
to cleanse the blood of the poisonous uric acid and'
other impurities. , . ' ... - , v ... : .
" "So many people, upon finding themselves ailing '
in any way,, make a hurried trip to the doctor to
-. F".. PrescrlpUon. Those people Imagine that ;
. health is sold by. the bottle, and all that is neces
sary I to take some kind of medicine. - ,
,,"Vhen you pay a doctor for a drug prescription
you pay for a lot of nonsense. That-prescription
may be-an order for ten cents' worth of dope, yet
, you are none the wiser, and the druggist charges'
. a dollar for it Just because the order is written In
r secret symbols. The reason for all this prescrlp
, tlon -nonsense I clear. Tou -don't know what you
are getting and the-drugglst can charge as much
r. as he likes. He, then divides the profit with the
- doctor. . , t --. - - 4 v. i ..;-:!,
"When! take your case my aim is to cure. ' Tou
pay one price for my treatment and that is all you
pay. a If I know that, I can't cure you I'll tell you
so in the beginning. I don't-want -money that I
, don't earn. v ;- -.. -,-,v . .- ... ; --; s. :
"Doctors the world over are using electricity
-more and more In the treatment of, chronic ail-;
ments. They are fast learning what. I have claimed
for years that the only way to cure disease Is to
- J!,1P i,tur euw.it' Drugs never did and neve-,;
"will do that and I defy any man on earth to prove
. that they do. . r - - v .; ,- '
"Poor digestion, Inactive liver, constipation, alug-,.
, glsh heart, slow thinking, dormant energy and lasi- '
- ness are all due to lack of electricity. Understand
- that electricity Is the motive power of the human
machine, the power that keeps the organs active,
end you will see what I mean. Jn such esses you
wall see how Electro-Vigor will pump action into
inn uuuj. renews tne eiectric Hire and trans
forms hs ;- sluggard Into ' a , bundle of- vigorous
- ' '." iTim wecket' OT STJOCrSS&X;'.,:
"The reason o nany men fall at everything they
attempt Is because they are 'quitters.': They have
j. not the courage and ability to tackle and overcome
, .the obstacles they , encounter. ; - ,
' "Give me a " man Who is kent An-mn - h inmm ,'r:
energy, backwardness, despondency, lost vitality or ,
DRUGS CANNOT CURE
Of all th errors of our blundering world, th
most far. Teaching has beea the blind faith la
th curative power of drugs. Drugs do not cure,
an not our. They eaa at host merely relieve
sad that usually t great cost aad Injury to the
body. w. a. a-XAtsOB, K. 3.
; weakness of ; any kind, and twill make a new man
ut of him by filling his nerves with th fire of life
-electricity. , . , . -
."It ia the man with . "backbone' that gets th
good Job. It I the aggressive hustler that gets the
promotion when there is any promotion. A man
without energy has , no inclination to .hustle. Don t
". go arouhd dragging' one foot after the other. Get
some life In you. -Build up your (Courage and vim
with Flectro-Vlgor. - 1 .
: "Pick out the men who have ised Electro-Vigor '
and you will see men of -force, men of power and
, confidence, men who respect themselves and are re
- (peeled, and. admired by their fellowmen
WOMZV SATKD rSOK BUTOHZBT ;
"Thousands of women .submit to dangerous ppet-J
aiions wnicn couia oe easily avoiaea oy tne use or
Electro-Vigor. ' But the average woman imagines
that the only thing to do, after drugs fail, is to
' resort to the surgeon's knife.-',
, "Most female complaints are the result of low
, vitality or weak, impoverished nerves. Where there
' Is u deficiency of vital nerve force there Is bound
to be sluggish action of the organs affected, and
"'""then disease. - - , - ; -: . ,
1 : "My . Electro-Vigor saturates the nerves with a
gentle stream of electric life, enabling them to-keep
' up a vigorous and regular action of. all-the organs
ot the body. Electro-Vigor builds up vitality and
strength in every weakened part thereby removing ,
the -cause of dlaeaa. v.
"A great number of people suffer from pains and
aches called rheumatism, or lunfbago, or neuralgia,
Vv caused by Impoverished nerves crying for aid. The t
these nerves 1 electricity, and nothing else
, i -will cure them. - I can aend a gentle current from
Electro-Vigor so that It will convey the life direct
to the ailing part and relief I often felt in an hour.
, I frequently cure such cases In ten day.
- f '"A patient asked me the other day why It is that
. Faradlc batteries snd static machines do not givs
uch reeults, as Electro-Vigor. J. .
,C "Thafs because you can't stead th treatment '
;. tor more than half an hour at a time, A nervous
- person can't-endure it that long on account of the
tynock . When a man tries that method and finds
s a.es. not help him he naturally concludes
. that electricity is no good., , , ; - t ;
: "Now,, my system Is different. I infuse the cur
rent into the body for six or eight hours every day
or night, usually while the patient sleeps, ' .,.'
f "The delicate ' nerves are not Jarred or shocked
by this current as it goes In them Just like a drlz-
' 'ln. ral,ftrates a newly plowed field. They
absorb it. drink It in. and as It Is their life, they
-.grown strong with it.,, ' .
f! -- ABOUT BOOTOBS WHO ADVXBTXSB ' X
; . "There' is a wholo lot of prejudice against doe
o tors who advertise, due no doubt to the Targe num- -ber
of quacks and schemers that hav foisted worth"
;r less treatments on the public during the past few
""If It were not for this prejudice I would not be
5 able to handle all the business that would come to
me.. The many fake electric belta and batteries ad
, yertlsed by charlatans have made every one skep
f tlcal, but I know that t have a good thing and 111
hammer away until everybody knows it
, lJ "Any organ of the body, any part that lacks the
necessary vitality to perform its natural functions.
.- can be restored by my, method.
i.."11 ?.ve", "rngrtt: Hmakes the blood rich snd
warm; It vlUllres the nerves and puts vlmnto the
- b;,a ffd '-muscles; it Just makes a good man out
of a bad one, In every way. v
? -3,ti,HectTro"VlBor cure rheumatism In it "
. worst forms r. I cure pains and aches, weak nerves
, general debility and any other trouble which can
. be cured by restoring, strength. ' n
....rT.n'I you live, T can ireat you, as'
( successfully a if you were her In my office "
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